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This is the first part of the 14th installment in the Legacies of Eugenics series, which features essays by leading thinkers devoted to exploring the history of eugenics and the ways it shapes our present. The series is organized by...

Without a federal law, surrogacy in the U.S. is governed by a patchwork of state regulations/

Why it matters: Confusing...

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This report documents a deliberate assault on disabled people in...

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By Staff, ScienceDaily | 01.05.2026

Scientists at UNSW Sydney have developed a new form of CRISPR technology that could make gene therapy safer while also

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By Katherine Long, The Wall Street Journal | 12.27.2025

Nia Trent-Wilson owes $182,889.63 in medical bills for a baby that wasn’t hers.

In late 2021, she agreed to act...

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By Sam Schechner, Daria Matviichuk, and Thomas Grove, The Wall Street Journal | 12.22.2025

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Attractive women started showing up in...

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By Sarah A. Topol, The New York Times Magazine | 12.14.2025

The women in House 3 rarely had a chance to speak to the women in House 5, but when they...

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By Katherine Long, Ben Foldy, and Lingling Wei, The Wall Street Journal | 12.13.2025

Inside a closed Los Angeles courtroom, something wasn’t right. 

Clerks working for family court Judge Amy Pellman were reviewing routine...

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By David Jensen, The California Stem Cell Report | 12.11.2025

California’s stem cell and gene therapy agency today approved spending $207 million more on training and education, sidestepping the possibility...

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By Tina Stevens, CounterPunch | 12.11.2025

Silicon Valley and other high tech billionaires are investing millions in start-ups dedicated to creating genetically engineered (GE) babies, according...

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By Jonathan Matthews, GMWatch | 12.11.2025

In our first article in this series, we investigated the dark PR tactics that have accompanied Colossal Bioscience’s de-extinction disinformation ...